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Of or pertaining to a coast.

Of or pertaining to an ovary.

aining to Paros, an island in the Ægean Sea noted for its excellent statuary marble; as, Parian marble. Parian chronicle, a most ancient chronicle of the city of Athens, engraved on marble in the Isle of Paros, now among the Arundelian marbles.

nd usages of Parliament or similar deliberative assemblies; as, an accomplished parliamentarian.

One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; -- so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.

Of or pertaining to Picariæ. -- n.

One of the Planarida, or Dendrocoela; any turbellarian worm. -- Pla*na"ri*an, a.

One addicted to uttering platitudes, or stale and insipid truisms. "A political platitudinarian." G. Eliot.

A plenist.

Any Plumularia. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to predestination; as, the predestinarian controversy. Waterland.

The system or doctrine of the predestinarians.

One of a family of oceanic birds (Procellaridæ) including the petrels, fulmars, and shearwaters. They are often seen in great abundance in stormy weather.

ging to the commonalty; hence, mean; vile; vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost." De Quincey. -- n.

Any arachnid that breathes by lunglike organs, as the spiders and scorpions. Also used adjectively.

One who discusses any subject at pleasure.

Of or pertaining to the Radiolaria. -- n.

One of the Reticularia.

Of or pertaining to the bank of a river; as, riparian rights.

A cultivator of roses.